Use Facebook/Twitter to Reach Out to Employers

This Fortune video clip The unemployed take to the Web provides some interesting insight into how people are coping with today’s job losses. With unemployment taking over our country’s labor force, its really interesting to see how new technology is affecting people’s daily activities.  Pretty cool how people are connecting through social networking sites, even for work-related [...]

Facebook: Can social networking hurt your chances of landing a job?

I am taking a class this semester on brand management, and we read a case about a brewing company that used Facebook to try to raise the brand’s awareness among young college students.  The company’s campaign included a contest for several university campuses where students were to post and/or send in photos of them enjoying [...]

Keeping Afloat in the Networking Sea

One of the most essential tools that can be used to land a position in today’s harsh economy is networking.  Very few businesses and companies are making it to college campuses this year to recruit students for full-time positions.  This doesn’t mean that there aren’t any jobs available to hopeful young professionals.  It just means [...]